[faraz.yashar]

I installed Growl recently and suddenly realized it's wonderful usability with OmniFocus when I saw a notification popup after a backup had been created, so I decided to sit and play around with things for a bit.

Sadly, I couldn't get a single notification to popup in any test case.

When do the notifications show up? Should be around the due date or time? Does the notification popup when the item enters the due soon phase? Is there somewhat to set when reminders will popup (perhaps not exactly at the due date)?

[Toadling]

Notifications appear when the associated event occurs. Have an action due at 11:13 AM, that's when the Growl alert pops up.

You should be able to create an action, set its due date to one minute from now, and then wait a minute, and see the Growl notification appear.

You can see which events OmniFocus show notifications for by looking at the Growl preference pane: go to Applications -> OmniFocus -> Configure... -> Notifications.



You can also configure different Growl behaviors for each of these events.

-Dennis

[faraz.yashar]

Does OmniFocus need to open for Growl notifications to work?

[whpalmer4]

Originally Posted by faraz.yashar

Does OmniFocus need to open for Growl notifications to work?

Yes -- OmniFocus sends the events to growl, so they only happen if OF is running. If the event would have taken place while OF is not running, the notification happens when it is next opened.

[harringg]

Does it only 'growl' with Start dates? I've got a recurring Due date to remind me to check for and download monthly bank statements online.

It didn't remind me yesterday. Is there something set wrong in the Info panel?


Build details:

Product: OmniFocus-1.x
Tag:
Date: 2010-07-02 08:08:29 -0700
Builder: omnibuild
Host: tb106i.private.omnigroup.com
Revision: 134984

[whpalmer4]

Take a closer look at what you have set for a due date...